German MotoGP

Kawasaki has officially announced that Leon Haslam will be team-mate to reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea for the 2019 season. As rumoured, Haslam takes over from countryman and former champion Tom Sykes, who was recently confirmed as leaving the team.

Alvaro Bautista took his year-old Ducati to within 5.5s of victory, and 3s of the podium, in Sunday's German MotoGP.

Bradley Smith matched KTM's best result of the season, and his best result of last year on the RC16, with tenth place in Sunday's German MotoGP. The Englishman almost doubled his season points as he finished a safe distance between Tech3 Yamaha riders Johann Zarco and Hafizh Syahrin.

Two performances, a year apart, helped inspire Valentino Rossi to a podium finish in the German MotoGP. The first was by Jonas Folger, who battled Marc Marquez for victory as a rookie at the Sachsenring in 2017, riding a satellite Yamaha.

The fastest Honda rider by the end of free practice at the German MotoGP, Cal Crutchlow again fell victim to tyre overheating problems when racing in a group. Without clear air, the front tyre on his RCV starts to overheat, which raises the pressure and reduces the grip.

Forget knees and elbows, Scott Redding used what could be his final MotoGP appearance at the tight and twisty Sachsenring to tick off one of his remaining goals… to drag his helmet on the asphalt through a corner!

Even at the height of his past controversies with Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez turned down the use of any bodyguards - and he certainly showed no apprehension in getting up close to the

Valentino Rossi says set-up switches to improve the balance and corner speed of his Movistar Yamaha paved the way for his MotoGP podium charge at Sachsenring, but has warned the same issues still remain.

Maverick Vinales says tweaks to his riding style on the Movistar Yamaha are acting as a balance to its current acceleration weakness as he secured back-to-back podiums for the first time in over a year.

After making history for KTM by being fastest in warm-up, Pol Espargaro ruined his German MotoGP chances - and those of three other riders - with a wild move in the opening corners of Sunday's Sachsenring race.

Marc Marquez has warned his MotoGP rivals he had extra pace he resisted using on his way to a ninth consecutive victory at Sachsenring to see him extend his world championship lead to 46 points.

Marquez breaks clear in the closing stages to claim his 9th Sachsenring victory in a row, during Sunday's German MotoGP. Yamaha team-mates Rossi and Vinales complete the podium, after the Spaniard makes a late pass on Petrucci.

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Full MotoGP race results from Sachsenring

Brad Binder took his first Moto2 victory to win the German Grand Prix at Sachsenring.

Race results from the 2018 German Moto2 Grand Prix, round 9 of 19.

Jorge Martin timed his break to perfection to win the German Moto3 Grand Prix at Sachsenring.

Race results from the 2018 German Moto3 Grand Prix, round 9 of 19.

Aleix Espargaro has been ruled out of this afternoon's German MotoGP race due to injuries in a morning warm-up highside.

Pol Espargaro makes a bit of MotoGP history by putting KTM fastest during morning warm-up for the German MotoGP at Sachsenring.

Marquez takes his 9th Sachsenring pole position in a row during qualifying for the German MotoGP! Repsol Honda rider used a three-stop strategy to just edge out Petrucci and Lorenzo, after failing to lead a session prior to qualifying.

After an unrepresentative 17th in Friday practice, Valentino Rossi duly enjoyed a better day two at the German MotoGP.

After scoring 58 points during the opening four races of the 2018 MotoGP season, Johann Zarco has collected just 23 in the four that followed.

Jorge Lorenzo feels breaking Marc Marquez’s Sachsenring domination is a realistic goal ahead of the German MotoGP, while he concede ending his rival’s run of pole positions slipped away due to a mistake during his best qualifying lap.